King's Landing in France

Chapter 151 The King of Hussars

An Ning hurriedly apologized to the painter David, and then left the room.

David came out without saying anything.

In the monastery square, there was indeed a detachment of hussars.

The uniform of the hussars is very gorgeous. It is said that this uniform has been handed down from the time of "Attila". Half draped over the body as a cloak.

It is said that many nobles became hussars because of the gorgeous uniforms of hussars.

Of course, the military uniforms of the hussars are also quite expensive. After all, there are so many buttons and densely packed threads on the military uniforms, it takes a lot of man-hours to sew. If it is made by a famous tailor, such a uniform may be as expensive as a horse. Good horse for one price.

Because of this, most members of the hussars are either rich or expensive, and many people will ask famous tailors to make their own exclusive uniforms.

Apart from their good looks, the hussars were also known for another trait: very poor discipline.

This is also a common problem of troops in this era that require extra subjective initiative.

A "standard hussar" is generally proficient in eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and regards charging and killing on the battlefield as an exciting game.

Anthony Louis Charles La Salle is the most typical hussar and has the title of "King of Hussars".

An Ning recognized La Salle at a glance, because he liked to smoke very much and never left his pipe.

And his pipe is very big, with a long mouthpiece, holding it like a machete in his hand.

Seeing An Ning, La Salle immediately straightened his body on the horseback, held his head high, and assumed the posture of a cavalry reviewing: "Look, the bravest man in all of France is here! Salute to you, General Frost!"

The mustache around his mouth twitched as he spoke, making him look like a caricature.

To be honest, it was the first time that An Ning saw someone with a beard in the shape of mammoth teeth in reality.

An Ning: "Don't dare. I'm a little surprised. They told me that if I kill Lafayette, all the nobles will stay away from me. Aren't the hussars mainly composed of nobles?"

Lasalle: "This is a reasonable inference! But the hussars also admire warriors. A warrior who single-handedly charged [-] enemy troops will naturally attract hussars!"

After the words fell, the hussars behind La Salle cheered together: "That's right!"

"Hail to you for your courage!"

Well, it seems that there are rumors outside that An Ning charged 4 enemies single-handedly. Maybe it was rumored that he killed [-] people in Lafayette by himself.

An Ning: "Welcome to join us. Let me tell you the truth, we are very short of cavalry now, very short!"

In this era, the communication between reconnaissance and troops basically relied on cavalry, and the number of cavalry determined to a certain extent how large an army could control.

Without cavalry, troops would be blind.

La Salle: "Now you have the cavalry. If you need it, I can also write to several cavalry officers I know well to persuade them to bring troops here!"

An Ning: "Then please!"

La Salle saluted An Ning again, and then he seemed to finally be unable to bear the craving for cigarettes. He picked up the cigarette holder, took a big drag, and then exhaled a smoke ring with a satisfied face.

After taking a sip, Lasalle said again: "By the way, I heard that your cavalry are all ladies. I wonder if I would be honored to meet you?"

An Ning suddenly became alert.

Damn, the hussar with the worst military discipline asked where the female soldiers were as soon as they arrived. Is this a pig looking for a cabbage arch?

An Ning: "I'm very short of cavalry right now, and every cavalry is a valuable force to me. Don't make my cavalry drop out for non-combat, La Salle!"

Lasalle laughed out loud, and even the hussars behind him laughed too, as if An Ning had just had a humorous moment.

After laughing, La Salle waved his pipe and said to An Ning: "Don't worry, General Frost, our hussars are only interested in good wine and fighting the enemy! I can't wait any longer. When will you go to Paris? And Bouye's royalist army, as well as the Austrians and Prussians, you lead us to kill them all!"

Good guy, this guy is still a war mad attribute?

An Ning wanted to help her forehead, but always felt that she had accepted a troublemaker.

An Ning: "Don't worry, there will be battles in the future. If my guess is correct, there will be continuous turmoil in the future, and soon there will be too many battles to make people tired."

La Salle was overjoyed: "That would be great!"

Damn, did this war madman actually say that was too good?
Then La Salle spoke his signature line to An Ning: "I always thought that a hussar who lived past the age of 30 was a complete bastard! So you can use me as much as you want, and send me to the most dangerous place. Go somewhere, let me dance with Death!"

An Ning wanted to help his forehead: "No, no, your first task is reconnaissance, and the hussars are an important reconnaissance force."

La Salle: "Of course, it also includes reconnaissance! Hahaha, leave it to me! But now there is an important problem. My brothers and I ran hundreds of miles to join you. Now we need to rest. I should go to Who wants the barracks?"

An Ning turned to Lazar Kano and said, "Arrange a barracks for him, and be careful to stay away from the female soldiers."

Lazar Kano nodded, then took a step forward: "Come with me, I'll take you to the barracks."

Then Kano went to the hitching post, untied his horse, got on his horse and left the monastery.

The hussars saluted An Ning and then left.

An Ning watched this magnificent troop leave rumblingly, and let out a long sigh.

La Salle is a very good cavalry officer. If he is in command of a cavalry brigade, there should be no better person than him during the entire Revolution.

Not even Murat can compare with him.

But the problem is that Murat has the talent of a marshal, and La Salle does not have this talent.As long as he commanded more than one division, problems would arise.

So in the real history, although he met Napoleon very early, and made great achievements under Napoleon's command-in the decisive battle of Rivoli, La Salle had just left Adige with two regiments of six or seven hundred hussars. The [-] Austrian troops in the valley, then, with the cooperation of the artillery commanded by Napoleon himself, forced the enemy back into the valley.

But such a fierce general did not get the rank of marshal until his death, and the highest was only a major general.

So Napoleon also saw that this person could only be a cavalry unit commander.

Familiar with the tranquility of all this, of course he knows how to use La Salle.

However, they are all famous French generals who are famous for their cavalry. An Ning hopes to get Murat more than La Salle.

An Ning was thinking about this kind of thing, watching all the hussars disappear outside the monastery gate, then he turned around, only to see the painter David drawing something with a sketchbook.

An Ning: "What are you painting?"

David: "I'm recording history. 'General Frost meets his future cavalry commander', what do you think?"

An Ning: "How can you be sure that he is my cavalry commander?"

"Because he looks like a typical hussar, rude, reckless, and heroic." David smiled, "Don't you think?"

An Ning also smiled: "Yes. But the cavalry commander of my dreams has not arrived yet. I will let you know when I find him."

David: "I look forward to it!"

An Ning: "Let's go back and continue drawing your picture!"

"Okay!" David was full of energy.

At this moment, Beethoven rode into the monastery.

"General Frost! I finished that piece of music! Please listen to it!"

An Ning looked at Beethoven: "Okay, come in, it happens that no one uses my piano here."

(End of this chapter)